| Dino Zoff was born February 28, 1942 in Mariano Del | | | | the European championship beating Yugoslavia in the |
| Friuli, Italy. He is one of Italian famous soccer players | | | | replay of final. At 1970 World cup, he had tangential |
| and the oldest ever winner of the World Cup as a | | | | part in the Italian squad. |
| captain of the Italian national team in Spain. His position | | | | However, in 1982 world cup, Zoff took the centre |
| was a goalkeeper. For the Azzurri, Zoff is second | | | | stage because he captained Italy. At the age of 40, he |
| simply to Paolo Maldini in number of appearances with | | | | led Italy to an astonishing world cup win. In that |
| 112 caps. Most of his career Zoff expended at | | | | tournament he won the honor for the best goalkeeper. |
| Juventus. | | | | In 1983 Dino Zoff refrained from international football. |
| Dino Zoff was part of four FIFA World Cup(TM) | | | | Zoff was a goalkeeper of exceptional aptitude and |
| teams, playing in three and emerging a champion at | | | | has a position in the record of the sport among the |
| Spain 1982, won 111 caps and holds the record of 1,142 | | | | very best in this role, being chosen the 3rd greatest |
| minutes with no conceding a goal. | | | | goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind |
| Dino Zoff made his International first appearance for | | | | Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks. Following a retirement |
| Italy, while playing at the quarterfinal of 1968 European | | | | as a soccer player, Zoff went on to become coach |
| championships against Bulgaria. He assisted Italy to win | | | | for a number of Italian clubs and the national team. |